| Question |
Answer |
| A naturally formed inorganic solid that has a repeating three-dimensional structure |
Mineral |
| A mass of hard consolidated mineral matter |
Rock |
| The continual process by which new rock is formed from old rock material |
Rock cycle |
| The process by which water, ice, wind and heat act to breack down rocks |
Weathering |
| The process of weathering by which chemical reactions transform rocks and minerals into new chemical combinations (compounds) |
Chemical weathering |
| The breakdown or foc and mineral particles into smaller particles by physical forces |
Physical weathering |
| The process by which wind, water, ice and gravity remove and transport material from one place to another |
Erosion |
| The act of depositing and laying down of matter by natural process |
Deposition |
| The sinking of regions of Earth's crust to lower elevations |
Land subsidence |
| The type of strain that occurs when rocks break because of stress |
Faulting |
| Broken down pieces of rock and minerals such as sand |
Sediment |
| Rock that forms when sediment is compacted and or cemented together |
Sedimentary rock |
| Rock that forms when hot liquid rock, lava or magma, cools and hardens into rock |
Igneous rock |
| Rock that forms when existing rock is heathed and squeezed under exteme heat and pressure deep inside the Earth |
Metamorphic rock |
| Hot, liquid rock material |
Lava/Magma |
| The theory that the Earth's lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere; the motions of tectonic plates |
Plate/Tectonics |
| The theory that continents drift apart from one another and have done so in the past |
Continental Drift |
| Literally, "all Earth" - the single, huge continent that existed 245 million years ago |
Pangaea |
| The process by which new ocean floor is forms at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates are pulled away from each other. |
Sea Floor Spreading |
| Under water volcanic mountain chains that exist on the ocean floor where tectonic plates are pushed apart by new oceanic crust being formed |
Mid-Ocean Ridges |
| The boundary between two colliding tectonic plates that form mountains or trenches |
Convergent Boundaries |
| The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from eachother; rift zone or ridge |
Divergent Boundaries |
| The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding pst each other forming faults |
Transform Boundaries |
| The region where oceanic crust (lithosphere) sinks down into the asthenosphere at convergent boundaries |
Subduction Zones |
| Maps that show the physical features and relief (lines of surface elevations) of a region of land |
Topographic Maps |
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